Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The next potential leader of CBS News has built up a lot of experience running newsrooms for ABC.
Tom Cibrowski, a former senior ABC News executive who played a big role in moving “Good Morning America” past NBC’s “Today” in the ratings last decade, has emerged as a possible candidate to take a senior role at CBS News, according to two people familiar with the matter, just as the Paramount Global unit faces one of its most challenging periods.
Cibrowski would report to Wendy McMahon, who oversees news, local stations and syndicated programing for CBS. CBS News declined to make executives available for comment.
Cibrowski could not be reached for immediate comment. There is no sign that CBS News and the executive have signed any agreement and there remains the possibility that a deal might not come to fruition.
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